motmot | barranquero

ORDER: CORACIIFORMES

FAMILY: MOMOTIDAE

Large bird with a stout black bill, and a tail with a tip that looks like a racquet. Solitary or in pairs. Remain quietly and silently on perches under canopies. Feed on fruit and insects on ground. Their nests of variable depth are built on soil or in banks near ravines. Move tail sideways when disturbed.